Introduction
In the 1950s the RAF was looking at introducing another aircraft type (in reality they chose the F-86 Sabre), RJ submitted proposals for the single engined Vanquish. The Vanquish was capable of operating both from RAF bases and RN carriers. Armed with the standard 4no. 20mm ADEN cannon of the era it was a potent aircraft which also had nice steady handling characteristics.
Controls
AG1 to start the engine (starts with 2%ish throttle already applied)
AG2 for arrestor hook
AG7 for folding wings
VTOL dn for flaps
TRIM for elevator trim (please use it)
Pictures
On the deck ready for a sortie
On the takeoff run (note 1/2 flaps down and nose held in the air prior to takeoff)
Wheels being retracted (sequenced doors)
Silly bits during development
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 32.6ft (9.9m)
- Length 35.0ft (10.7m)
- Height 10.0ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight 7,888lbs (3,578kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,402lbs (4,718kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.324
- Wing Loading 31.6lbs/ft2 (154.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 329.0ft2 (30.6m2)
- Drag Points 656
Parts
- Number of Parts 662
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,201
@Tang0five thanks, im glad you liked it, I just wanted to make a clean early jet with some nice mechanical bits. Was a bit of a flop on upvotes but it was fun to build and fly about so that's fine. Overlaying panels does get tedious and like you say sometimes leads to colour glitching (I didn't notice any on pc on this build though)
This is lovely. Looks, feels and flies like I believe a jet of this era should fly. On iOS there’s a bit of glitching between colour boundaries - I do wish they would address painting on this game.
Very nice plane . Great build .
I'm not so sure that this counts as being fastest upvote since this creation was posted like an hour ago, but at least I'm first to upvote.